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Sam Bankman-Fried’s ‘I screwed up’ messaging is about lawsuits and penalties vs. jail, says U.S. securities lawyer

FTX founder Sam Bankman-Fried “steered clear of anything that sounded like intentional misconduct,” said U.S. securities lawyer James Murphy.

Fortune

Crypto's path to deep crisis is well-worn

Swiftly rising interest rates have punctured the cryptocurrency bubble, exposing fragility, bad governance and even fraud in many corners, most notably at the crypto exchange FTX. And FTX's spectacular collapse comes on the heels of other recent failures in the cryptosphere, such as Terra-Luna, Three Arrows Capital or Voyager Digital.…

Bangkok Post

FTX's Sam Bankman-Fried: "I screwed up"

"I had a responsibility here and a responsibility to be on top of what was going on the exchange. I wish I had done much better at that."

Axios

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Longtermism: how good intentions and the rich created a dangerous creed

Tech billionaires seem intent on giving away a lot of money. But are those who support ‘longtermism’ and ‘effective altruism’ ignoring the very real problems of today?

The Guardian - UK

Coinbase CEO Brian Armstrong says it’s ‘baffling’ FTX’s Sam Bankman-Fried isn’t ‘in custody already’

“There’s a very open and shut case for fraud,” said Armstrong, adding it’s “bizarrre” the media isn’t calling Bankman-Fried a “criminal.”

Fortune

Crypto's Enron-sized scandal threatens to undermine its core reason to exist

The crypto industry was already facing a trust deficit, and this has set it back far.

Axios

Former FTX users say the failed crypto exchange was a 'Ponzi scheme.' Here's how Ponzis work

SBF, as Bankman-Fried was often called, says he didn’t commit fraud. But bankruptcy specialists say the findings so far are ‘pretty devastating.’

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Bankman-Fried Takes Accountability For The Fall Of FTX In An Interview With Good Morning America

FTX co-founder and former CEO Sam Bankman-Fried is now being labeled a criminal after coming under scrutiny amid bankruptcy.

Zenger

Easing of Chinese Covid curbs lifts equity sentiment

RECAP: Asian shares were mixed yesterday as investors were heartened by the possible easing of Covid curbs in China, while they awaited job figures in the United States that could determine whether the Federal Reserve will start to moderate its interest-rate increases as widely expected.

Bangkok Post

Sam Bankman-Fried's FTX empire was meant to revolutionise cryptocurrency and save the world. It didn't

By the time his bank account hit zero, the man who insisted he would one day be the "world's first trillionaire" had left only a trail of destruction in his wake.

ABC News

Crypto billionaire Mike Novogratz says Sam Bankman-Fried ‘should go to jail,' as the ex-FTX billionaire worries about paying his lawyers

“The problem was, he took our money. And so he needs to get prosecuted,” says Novogratz, whose Galaxy Digital disclosed $76.8 million exposure to FTX.

Fortune

The pandemic, Karens, crypto craziness: We're over you, 2022

The rudeness pandemic, the actual pandemic and all things gray

The Independent UK

Boris Johnson hails blockchain ‘possibilities’ at Singapore conference

On post-No 10 lecture circuit, former PM says there must be ‘measures to protect public from Ponzi schemes’

The Guardian - UK

Why did FTX buy into a U.S. bank owned by a co-creator of 'Inspector Gadget'?

A closer look at why Sam Bankman-Fried's crypto empire took a stake in a tiny bank in Washington State.

Fortune

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Meet the VC who was a ‘horror story’ for Sam Bankman-Fried and why he passed on investing in Alameda Research

Alexander Pack of Hack.VC told Fortune about the warning signs he saw in SBF and his quant firm Alameda Research years ago.

Chicago Sun-Times

FTX collapse leaves program to help formerly incarcerated Chicagoans in jeopardy

The cryptocurrency giant pledged at least $1 million to help provide universal basic income to help people get back on their feet after time behind bars. Now, it has filed for bankruptcy without delivering most of the grant.

Businessweek

11 Hours With Sam Bankman-Fried: Inside the Bahamian Penthouse After FTX’s Fall

Billions of dollars of customer money is missing, investigators are circling, and the 30-year-old ex-CEO admits his company broke its own rules.

Axios

U.S. Trustee moves for independent examiner in FTX bankruptcy

The examiner would likely produce a large and independent report from a perspective the trustee describes as a "true neutral."

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Tribune News Service

CFTC chairman urges strengthening conflict-of-interest part of Senate crypto bill

Commodity Futures Trading Commission Chairman Rostin Behnam urged senators to strengthen conflict of interest and financial disclosure provisions for cryptocurrency entities in a key piece of legislation in light of the collapse of the FTX exchange.

Fortune

How Solana, ‘Sam coins,’ Bitcoin, and Ethereum have fared after the FTX collapse

The failure of FTX had investors "stampeding like a herd of wildebeest to off-load as much risk as they could,” Ryan Shea, crypto economist at Trakx, tells Fortune.

Fortune

3 takeaways on SBF, Mark Zuckerberg, and Larry Fink from DealBook’s buzzy Summit

The former FTX CEO took the lawyerly route, while the Meta chief blasted Apple and the BlackRock leader forecasted change in tech.

Fortune

‘We can’t regulate this out of existence’: Senate Agriculture Committee grills CFTC chair on FTX collapse

Rostin Behnam said he met with Sam Bankman-Fried 10 times over an FTX proposal.

Fortune

Billionaire Bill Ackman and Kevin O'Leary think FTX's Sam Bankman-Fried is telling 'the truth' about being unaware of major problems at his failed crypto exchange

FTX founder Sam Bankman-Fried defended himself Wednesday against fraud accusations in an interview at the New York Times Dealbook Summit.

StockNews.com

Avoid These 4 Stocks Amid Crypto Market Turmoil

The cryptocurrency market has been hard hit this year, with rising interest rates and recession fears making investors stay away from highly risky assets. While the Fed is expected to slow interest rate hikes, given the lingering recession concerns, it could be wise to avoid struggling crypto-exposed stocks Coinbase Global…

Tribune News Service

FTX missing billions remain mystery after Bankman-Fried grilling

Mystery continues to shroud the missing billions at bankrupt crypto exchange FTX after its disgraced founder Sam Bankman-Fried denied trying to perpetrate a fraud while admitting to grievous managerial errors.

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